Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕
21 October 2025
Today’s Coffee Briefing includes Jigsaw Medical’s Innovate UK funding and the launch of an NHS digital tool to tackle racial disparities.
News
AWS outage causes disruption to patient care across NHS sites
21 October 2025
Exclusive: An AWS outage is believed to have caused disruption to patient care at around 10 NHS sites using Oracle systems.
Overarching AI regulation expected by mid 2026, says MHRA chief
21 October 2025
The MHRA is aiming to set out a framework for the regulation of AI by the middle of 2026, confirmed Lawrence Tallon, chief executive.
North East and Yorkshire trial app to help patients quit smoking
20 October 2025
Patients in the North East and Yorkshire are being offered a digital app to help them quit smoking as part of a pilot scheme.
Intuitive opens UK’s largest robotic-assisted surgery training centre
20 October 2025
Intuitive has opened its new UK and Ireland headquarters which includes the UK’s largest da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery training centre.
NHSE awards £45m contract to advance preventative healthcare
20 October 2025
NHSE has awarded a £45m contract to strengthen digital capabilities for preventative healthcare in line with the 10 year health plan.
Aide Health launches AI scribing tool for patients
17 October 2025
UK startup Aide Health has launched an AI scribing tool to summarise consultations for patients, to provide a record of medical advice.
NHS staff praised for using innovation to help eliminate long waiting lists
9 August 2022
Staff were praised for using innovation to help eliminate long waits for scans, checks, surgical
Northern Care Alliance IT disruption resulted in one serious incident
8 August 2022
Back in May 2022, the trust confirmed it has been experiencing “disruption and instability issues”
Sarah Hanbridge reflects on Digital Health award and Summer Schools
8 August 2022
The Digital Health Networks CNIO Advisory Panel chair Sarah Hanbridge reflects on winning a new
Outage of Advanced’s health and care solutions linked to cyber-attack
5 August 2022
Advanced experienced issues with a number of health and care products, including its Adastra software
Industry news in brief
5 August 2022
This industry news round up looks at how AI is being used in Scotland to
